Resources
Resources
What we read, watch, and listen to.
Articles and papers
Begun, the Aggregator Wars Have (opens in a new tab)
Ben Thompson, Stratechery, Sep 25, 2026
AI Agents Push Humans Out of the Loop (opens in a new tab)
Mitchell, Ghosh, Passi, Aug 2026
Who's liable when a customer's AI agent authorizes the wrong payment? (opens in a new tab)
Backbase, Aug 11, 2026
AI Agent Authentication and Authorization (opens in a new tab)
IETF draft, Jul 2026
Notarized Agents: receiver-attested receipts for agent actions (opens in a new tab)
Juan Figuera, Jun 2026
Transparent Logs for Skeptical Clients (opens in a new tab)
Russ Cox, 2019
Stewardship Model for the Agentic Web (RFC) (opens in a new tab) From the team
FOTW team
Videos
Software Is Changing (Again) (opens in a new tab)
Andrej Karpathy, Jun 2025
Authentication in 2026: passkeys, digital credentials and more (opens in a new tab)
Google I/O Connect, Jul 2026
The Mother of All Demos (opens in a new tab)
Douglas Engelbart, 1968
What is the Certificate Transparency log? (opens in a new tab)
2021
Podcasts
Children of the Magenta (opens in a new tab)
99% Invisible, 2015
Keycard: 2026 is the Year of Agents (opens in a new tab)
a16z, Jan 2026
Will AI agents use stablecoins or virtual cards? (opens in a new tab)
Tokenized, Mar 2026
The Multiplayer AI Sprint (opens in a new tab)
The AI Daily Brief, Sep 7, 2026
Books
The Glass Cage (opens in a new tab)
Nicholas Carr
Identity Is the New Money (opens in a new tab)
David Birch
The Future of Money (opens in a new tab)
Eswar Prasad
The Master Switch (opens in a new tab)
Tim Wu